Directions (1 to 5): In each of the following questions a short passage is given with one of the lines in the passage missing and represented by a blank. Select the best out of the four answer choices given, to make the passage complete and coherent (coherent means logically complete and sound).If no option is suitable then select option (E) as, ...

Directions (1 to 5): In each of the following questions a short passage is given with one of the lines in the passage missing and represented by a blank. Select the best out of the four answer choices given, to make the passage complete and coherent (coherent means logically complete and sound).If no option is suitable then select option (E) as your answer.

1. Two further points are lost in the firestorm of protests over the press conference. First, there is no instance that I can recall when journalists have accused one president — especially a President of a state as large and powerful as Russia — of interfering in the elections of another country in a joint press conference between the two Presidents. In joint press conferences, one head of government is not typically called on to label the other head of government a liar. _________________________________________________

Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev’s outburst there against U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower led to a collapse of the summit

B

Of course, whether Mr. Trump should have gone to Helsinki to meet Mr. Putin at all amidst these allegations is another issue.

C

And that was not the only instance of U.S. meddling in Italian elections.

D

Rather than discussing global issues, ranging from nuclear disarmament to conflicts in Syria and the Ukraine, journalists were focussed on a domestic issue in the U.S.

E

None of these

Ans:D

Rather than discussing global issues, ranging from nuclear disarmament to conflicts in Syria and the Ukraine, journalists were focussed on a domestic issue in the U.S.

Question 2

Directions (1 to 5): In each of the following questions a short passage is given with one of the lines in the passage missing and represented by a blank. Select the best out of the four answer choices given, to make the passage complete and coherent (coherent means logically complete and sound).If no option is suitable then select option (E) as, ...

Directions (1 to 5): In each of the following questions a short passage is given with one of the lines in the passage missing and represented by a blank. Select the best out of the four answer choices given, to make the passage complete and coherent (coherent means logically complete and sound).If no option is suitable then select option (E) as your answer.

. If the BJP’s alliance concerns are focussed on Maharashtra, the Congress’s alliance-building will be hard work in most States. Even the TDP does not appear to be on the side of the Congress, its traditional rival that remains a contender for power in Andhra Pradesh despite being considerably weakened after the bifurcation. Although the Trinamool Congress voted with the Opposition, Mamata Banerjee still talks of a Federal Front of regional parties as the alternative to the BJP. ________________________________________________In Uttar Pradesh, the SP and the BSP are the key players; in Bihar, the RJD will take the lead position in any talks with other Opposition parties.

But they reckoned the debating and voting exercise was still worth their while.

B

What this means is that the Congress is not in a position to dictate the terms of alliance in many States.

C

Rather than setting the scene for 2019, the no-confidence motion may have merely marked the beginning of a political churn.

D

In Karnataka, the JD(S) is in a position to drive a hard bargain; and in Tamil Nadu, the DMK is the leading partner.

E

None of these

Ans:B

What this means is that the Congress is not in a position to dictate the terms of alliance in many States.

Question 3

Directions (1 to 5): In each of the following questions a short passage is given with one of the lines in the passage missing and represented by a blank. Select the best out of the four answer choices given, to make the passage complete and coherent (coherent means logically complete and sound).If no option is suitable then select option (E) as, ...

Directions (1 to 5): In each of the following questions a short passage is given with one of the lines in the passage missing and represented by a blank. Select the best out of the four answer choices given, to make the passage complete and coherent (coherent means logically complete and sound).If no option is suitable then select option (E) as your answer.

As a law that empowers the citizen, the Right to Information Act, 2005 quickly struck root in a country saddled with the colonial legacy of secretive government. The move by the NDA government to amend the far-sighted law aims at eroding the independence of the Information Commissions at the national level and in the States. The proposed amendments show that the Central government seeks control over the tenure, salary and allowances of the Chief Information Commissioner and Information Commissioners at the Centre, and the State Chief Information Commissioners. __________________________________________________

Such a change would eliminate the parity they currently have with the Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioners and, therefore, equivalence with a judge of the Supreme Court in matters of pay, allowances and conditions of service

B

The law envisaged that voluntary disclosure would reduce the need to file an application.

C

Any move to enfeeble the RTI Act will deal a blow to transparency.

D

Attempts were made by the UPA government also to weaken the law, including to remove political parties from its purview.

E

None of these

Ans:A

Such a change would eliminate the parity they currently have with the Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioners and, therefore, equivalence with a judge of the Supreme Court in matters of pay, allowances and conditions of service

Question 4

Directions (1 to 5): In each of the following questions a short passage is given with one of the lines in the passage missing and represented by a blank. Select the best out of the four answer choices given, to make the passage complete and coherent (coherent means logically complete and sound).If no option is suitable then select option (E) as your, ...

Directions (1 to 5): In each of the following questions a short passage is given with one of the lines in the passage missing and represented by a blank. Select the best out of the four answer choices given, to make the passage complete and coherent (coherent means logically complete and sound).If no option is suitable then select option (E) as your answer.

_____________________________________________Few believed that another multi-ethnic melting pot of star players could solve the country’s problems and, even after the French victory, no political commentator has been willing to bet on redemption through football. There is a keen awareness today that the steady trickle of critics who want to use the composition of the French football team as a platform for rampant xenophobia will soon return.

Such a strong public philosophy is often incomprehensible to people outside France.

B

But there has been no bigger political talking-point than the identity of the winning French team.

C

All of this meant that the French did not have very high expectations of their team in this World Cup.

D

The squad responded to these criticisms by winning the World Cup for France for the first time in 1998.

E

None of these

Ans:C

All of this meant that the French did not have very high expectations of their team in this World Cup.

Question 5

Directions (1 to 5): In each of the following questions a short passage is given with one of the lines in the passage missing and represented by a blank. Select the best out of the four answer choices given, to make the passage complete and coherent (coherent means logically complete and sound).If no option is suitable then select option (E) as your, ...

Directions (1 to 5): In each of the following questions a short passage is given with one of the lines in the passage missing and represented by a blank. Select the best out of the four answer choices given, to make the passage complete and coherent (coherent means logically complete and sound).If no option is suitable then select option (E) as your answer.

. _______________________________________________.We, too, face such issues when home-grown right-wing activists kill cattle transporters, or target members of a particular community, or seek to impose their version of morality on women, thereby curtailing their freedom. Insufficient and equivocal condemnation of such acts by the Prime Minister emboldens criminals and gives them political legitimacy. It is time our businessmen, civil activists, and politicians, too, behaved like leaders they ought to be, to stand their ground when faced with prejudice, to be on the side of facts, to push back the growing tide of intolerance.

These fundamental values need to be nourished by leaders who fight back against prejudice.

C

There were ugly, violent clashes.

D

However, it called out his prejudice.

E

None of these

Ans:A

The US experience has a message for India too.

Question 6

Directions (6 to 10): Which of the following phrases (A), (B), (C), (D) given below in the statement should replace the phrase printed in bold in the sentence to make it grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is given and ‘No Correction is required’, mark (E) as the answer. The meeting had, ...

Directions (6 to 10): Which of the following phrases (A), (B), (C), (D) given below in the statement should replace the phrase printed in bold in the sentence to make it grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is given and ‘No Correction is required’, mark (E) as the answer.

Directions (6 to 10): Which of the following phrases (A), (B), (C), (D) given below in the statement should replace the phrase printed in bold in the sentence to make it grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is given and ‘No Correction is required’, mark (E) as the answer. While giving evidence in, ...

Directions (6 to 10): Which of the following phrases (A), (B), (C), (D) given below in the statement should replace the phrase printed in bold in the sentence to make it grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is given and ‘No Correction is required’, mark (E) as the answer.

Directions (6 to 10): Which of the following phrases (A), (B), (C), (D) given below in the statement should replace the phrase printed in bold in the sentence to make it grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is given and ‘No Correction is required’, mark (E) as the answer Organization must cast away, ...

Directions (6 to 10): Which of the following phrases (A), (B), (C), (D) given below in the statement should replace the phrase printed in bold in the sentence to make it grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is given and ‘No Correction is required’, mark (E) as the answer

Organization must cast away old fashioned practices in order to survive.

Directions (6 to 10): Which of the following phrases (A), (B), (C), (D) given below in the statement should replace the phrase printed in bold in the sentence to make it grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is given and ‘No Correction is required’, mark (E) as the answer She could not qualify for, ...

Directions (6 to 10): Which of the following phrases (A), (B), (C), (D) given below in the statement should replace the phrase printed in bold in the sentence to make it grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is given and ‘No Correction is required’, mark (E) as the answer

She could not qualify for the selection as she drop in while race was in progress.

Directions (6 to 10): Which of the following phrases (A), (B), (C), (D) given below in the statement should replace the phrase printed in bold in the sentence to make it grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is given and ‘No Correction is required’, mark (E) as the answer It was give way that she, ...

Directions (6 to 10): Which of the following phrases (A), (B), (C), (D) given below in the statement should replace the phrase printed in bold in the sentence to make it grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is given and ‘No Correction is required’, mark (E) as the answer